Johnson County authorities are searching for James Tompkins, a 67-year-old man with dementia who disappeared this morning while walking along Georgia Highway 15 North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What It Means For You:<\/strong> If you live or drive near the Johnson and Washington County line, watch for an older man with long gray hair wearing only a t-shirt and an adult diaper. He needs immediate help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What’s Happening:<\/strong> Tompkins was last seen around 7:15 a.m. yesterday on foot near the county line. He is white, stands about 5 feet 7 inches tall, and weighs 170 pounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why This Is Urgent:<\/strong> Tompkins has dementia and was not dressed for the weather when he disappeared. His family and law enforcement need the public’s help to find him quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What You Can Do:<\/strong> Anyone who sees Tompkins or knows where he might be should call the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 864-4003 or dial 911 right away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Sources:<\/strong> Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n[mailerlite_form form_id=32]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Johnson County authorities are searching for James Tompkins, a 67-year-old man with dementia who disappeared this morning while walking along Georgia Highway 15 North. What It Means For You: If you live or drive near the Johnson and Washington County line, watch for an older man with long gray hair wearing only a t-shirt and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":234502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6827],"tags":[19430,19429],"class_list":["post-234501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-missing","tag-dementia","tag-james-tompkins","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=234501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=234501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=234501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=234501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}